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  1. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    live&love&heal replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    I would say the following to my fellow nursing students.... 1. I don't care what grade you got on the test AND I wont tell you what I got on the test because, I know you'll just talk about me behind...

  2. Irritating Classmates

    live&love&heal replied to ImThatGuy's topic in General Students

    We have every type of person in my program mentioned on the this thread. I seriously have learned to tune these people out and do my own thing. I can't believe how people still act like they are in...

  3. How do you Tackle Chapter Reading Assignments and Make them Stick?

    live&love&heal posted a topic in General Students

    I have several chapters to read for my first exam in 2 weeks. I plan on reading 2 chapters a day, highlighting, make flashcards and making notes of my readings. However, I feel like there is so much...

  4. Is Nursing School Hard?

    live&love&heal replied to BecomeNurse06's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Nursing school is HARD! Nuff

  5. Clinical Instructor Put Me On the Spot and Intimidating Me - How to Deal?

    live&love&heal posted a topic in General Students

    I just started my first semester of RN school. I am an LVN and so even though I have nursing schooling under my belt, the RN schooling is much more intense and there are other concepts and procedures...

  6. Where Do You Study???

    live&love&heal replied to WandererRNBSN's topic in General Students

    I study at coffee shops, book stores, libraries, in the car, and late at night at home. I need the study area to be quiet for me to have a successful study

  7. Drug Calculations: what works for you??

    live&love&heal replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in General Students

    As an LVN who is now in RN school, I just recently found what works for me. Here are my answers to your questions: 1. What your struggles were (what exactly you had trouble with) - Memorizing...

  8. How much was your LPN/LVN school?

    live&love&heal replied to tempestxoxo's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Don't feel bad Tempest52488. I'm in California and paid close to $25,000 for my program. This included tuition, books, uniform, and lab/clinical equipment. I just compare my tuition to a car and...

  9. Need Help Trying to Understand Pedi Math Question

    live&love&heal posted a topic in General Students

    i need some help trying to understand why the following calculation does not take into consideration frequency of when the medication should be administered and the weight: medication problem: the...

  10. Need Help Trying to Understand Pedi Math Question

    live&love&heal replied to live&love&heal's topic in General Students

    Thank you Boog'sRN246, cjar107013, and decembergrad2011 for the responses. I hate the distractors/smokescreens in med math problems and how they throw you off. I agree it's annoying. I have read...

  11. The Nursing Math Thread

    live&love&heal replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    Thanks beth66335 for the response. After reading it again and again and AGAIN. I now can see how it's straight forward. It's asking, this is the order. This is what you have on hand. How much are...

  12. LVN bridging to RN wants to know.Will past LPN/LVN experience count for RN jobs?

    live&love&heal posted a topic in LPN to RN

    I have less than a year of LPN/LVN experience and I am still looking for a job. My ultimate goal is to become an RN and I'm in the process of bridging into a program. Does LPN/LVN nursing...

  13. The Nursing Math Thread

    live&love&heal replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    i need some help trying to understand why the following calculation does not take into consideration frequency of when the medication should be administered and the weight: medication problem: the...

  14. I'm Finally Bridging to Become an RN!

    live&love&heal replied to live&love&heal's topic in LPN to RN

    formusohle, I was hired to work per diem for a SNF but, they haven't called me back to work there. I don't plan on working though. My main focus is to do well and finish RN school. Congrats and...

  15. I'm Finally Bridging to Become an RN!

    live&love&heal posted a topic in LPN to RN

    I am finally bridging to become an RN! I recently was accepted into an LVN-ADN program and start this semester. I applied for the program right after I got my license, turned in my application the...

  16. Does anyone take supplements to stay healthy?

    live&love&heal replied to ncbutterfly's topic in General Students

    I take a prenatal vitamin pill with DHA. I have been taking it ever since I had my

  17. Has anyone ever put down your career choice?

    live&love&heal replied to Servingshots's topic in General Students

    I also have friend who is condescendingly about my decision to become a nurse when I decided to become an LVN. I've heard it all from her.... - Your going to be dealing with sick and dying people....

  18. I'm Finally Bridging to Become an RN!

    live&love&heal replied to live&love&heal's topic in LPN to RN

    It's a small world and there's a pretty good chance someone may recognize me on this website so, all I can say is that I got into an ADN program with a community college in California. I'm happy I...

  19. I made it!

    live&love&heal replied to PedsAtHeart's topic in LPN to RN

    Congratulations! I just got into nursing program too! Best of

  20. Future of LPN?

    live&love&heal replied to studentenurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I don't understand. If ANA is phasing out LVN/LPNs then why do LVN/LPN programs and schools exist? I'm here from California and it seems like there there are more and more LVN schools opening up...

  21. What expenses are tax-deductible for advancing your nursing career?

    live&love&heal posted a topic in General Nursing

    What expenses are tax deductible for advancing your nursing career? I am in the process of applying for LVN-RN bridge programs and have been wondering this. Also, is there a maximum amount which is...

  22. Annoyed by nursing commerical they keep running

    live&love&heal replied to Missy77's topic in General Students

    I'm not at all offended by the commercial. Shortage or not, the world needs good nurses and its nice that nurses have a commercial as a vehicle to communicate to the public and recognize their hard...

  23. Pharmacology Certification by NAPNES?

    live&love&heal replied to lauralauranurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    FullMoonNurse I'm interested in testing for this certification. Can you please post if you get a response and whether you take the test as well.

  24. NCLEX PN

    live&love&heal replied to katrenia04's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    :ancong!:

  25. Vocational nurse training cost???

    live&love&heal replied to Ikram29's topic in California Nursing

    I paid $23K for my program. If I were to do it all over again, I would have opted to get my LVN certificate from a community college. You get the same education and its less expensive. Also, just in...